#zelrae

[a-cypress-tree-draws]

In the spirit of my recent redraws, I thought this one particularly fitting, since her second incarnation is so vastly different than the first. So, here's Zelrae: the Redux. She's a Ganzi Phytokineticist now, which means she's going to get along with The Leafmaker weirdly well (both of their powers come from the first world).

Just to be clear, she still worships Pharasma.

[beyond-the-divine-tomb-lore]

The Ascension of Zelra (formerly Zelra Silkspinner)

[A transcript from the elven storyteller Ziren Kalthiro, who claims to have lived through the events of the story.]

In the elite district of the Celae Empire, there stood a mansion that had withstood the test of time. This house was home to the Silkspinner family and their assortments of servants and caretakers but was also home to a young girl named Zelra. This young girl was the only child of her two parents, Ragno and Arania, and had been brought up in spoiled joy, feasting on every morsel she could get her hands on and exploring the grounds of their mansion every day. 

However, when the child turned 10, she experienced something horrible. All 6 of her eyes seized up and rolled back into her head, her face as white as a ghost and her mouth ajar. The child wailed, for what she had seen could make any grown man cry out. 

Only a week after her 10th birthday, tragedy struck. Her mother had died, killed by the hands of a magic attack in the markets. 

Zelra mourned for weeks, stuck in her room and miserable, visions of the future flashing in her eyes. She finally decided to do some good with her power, setting out to tell anyone and everyone of their fate through a simple touch. The girl had no need for money, so she simply did her job without pay. 

Every day, hundreds of citizens would flood her small stand, asking the young girl for their fate. Every time, Zelra had to break the news one way or another, and warn them of a terrible fate in the hopes that they could change it. 

After many years, the young girl transformed into a young woman, who had now become famous in the Celae Empire for her exploits of fortune telling. 

The young woman caught the attention of the wayward goddess, Jagod, who had been passing through the region on her way to meet with Emperor Anastasios. She stood at the front of the line, placing her hand in front of the girl. 

Jagod asked, “What is my fortune, girl?”

Zelra traced her finger on the woman’s palm, and her eyes rolled back in her head, her face going as white as the robes that Jagod wore. 

“You will experience a great suffering in the days to come, you will get heavily injured, and you may not ever recover from these injuries,” The girl spoke softly.

Jagod was infuriated, “How dare you say that to me, a goddess!”

Zelra shook her head, “Please believe me, ma’am. All of my fortunes come true!”

Jagod gave her a swift backhand, one with enough force that it shook the eyes in Zelras head all the way around. “If all of your fortunes come true, then you must be wishing harm on a goddess.”

She smiled like a wild animal. Zelra shook her head, “I am telling the truth, my lady. Please believe me!”

Jagod became even more angry, and in one swift motion she dragged her sharp nails across the girl’s face, causing all of her eyes to start gushing blood, with large drag marks across them. 

Zelra screamed out, falling from her chair and clawing her way back home, crawling on all fours back to her mansion, bedridden and faint from the amount of blood she had lost. 

Finally, Jagod went to the palace of the Emperor, where she was greeted with open arms, though they said they needed to run a few tests with her help, as a part of their study. Jagod agreed haphazardly, as the inventors had stroked her ego and provided her with everything on the mortal realm that she may need. 

Then, as swiftly as lightning struck, the inventors had leashed a small device onto Jagod’s wrist, and for just a second, which might as well be hours for a god, Jagod’s power was zapped. She slumped to the floor, her mortal form devastated by the loss of power. As soon as the minute was over, however, she burned the entire room of inventors, their charred bones falling to the floor in rapid succession. 

Jagod thought back to the young woman who had warned her of a great injury like this, and she simply walked over to the home of Zelra, flying up to her window and giving the young woman a fright at the sudden sound of intrusion.

Jagod sauntered over to the young woman, placing a kiss to her forehead much like a mother would. She sat by the young girl and asked her a question, a simple question of whether or not she would like to become a god. 

For many days and nights, the two simply sat there, as Zelra was stunned in thought. After the eighth day, Zelra nodded solemnly, her face just as white and pale as always when she told visions. 

“You will bring devastation to the people… you will be the one to oversee their destiny,” Jagod said, “If you understand this, say yes.”

Zelra spoke quietly, “Yes.”

“Spectacular, I now declare you the goddess of Destiny and Fate,” Jagod said, her hand clutching around Zelra’s heart, an intrusion so slow that she had not noticed it slowly puncturing her chest for the 8 days and nights. “Welcome to your life as a goddess.”

In an instant, her mortal form was shed, a cocoon like energy enveloping her, burning all of her blood and expelling it rapidly. The girl was in agony, but Jagod held steadfast to her heart. She spoke sweet words, but her voice was laced with poison, calm in the face of the screeching form before her.

It is said to this day, that Zelra's heart is still not her own...

[searchingforyurixzeraconten-blog]

Nah my I prefer a fairy Katara and a demon zuko. And a love triangle of Shota Sasuke x Loli Sakura x Old Pikachu.

Just my opinion.

Crackship idea

Meme lord and fashion designer Gloxinia with Harvard University Graduate and vice chairmen of a big ass lawyer company Zeldris it’s a match made in Heaven. They’d absolutely be on the verge of killing each other every second of the day

[ash-trash]

🌈 - 👊 - 🙅 - 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 for each of your active RP charr >:3c

(( SCREAMS ))

(( Going to format this one a bit differently - I’ll list all the questions at the top, and then just go through each character, using paragraph breaks to separate the questions. ))

🌈 What is their sexuality? 

👊 Do they have a warband? What role do they play on it? Who are the other members of their warband? 

🙅 Who do they consider their enemy(ies)? 

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦  Who is their birth family? Who is their chosen family? 

Alcmene Chillhorn: Alcmene is asexual, though she’s homoromantic. Unfortunately, it took her a little while to realize that and now she’s got a few bad memories/experiences floating around.

Alcmene is the Legionnaire (formerly second-in-command) of Chill Warband, a Blood Legion warband that patrols the Shiverpeaks. Aside from her Legionnaire duties, she’s a capable frontline soldier, medic-in-training, basic radio operator, tactician, and general mom-friend. Other members include the Centurion Vyneera Chillcleave, ((and several other members that I honestly don’t remember right now)) Kayla Chilltooth, Zelra Soulchill...

Alcmene’s primary enemies are the Icebrood and Sons of Svanir, though to a lesser extent the Dredge as well. She also still hates humans with a vengeance, though she doesn’t let that get in the way of her civility, as far as duty is concerned.

Alcmene was born to a dam and sire she never knew ((and I never developed)), and her fahrar Warband ((also undeveloped)) fell in the war against humanity. The ceasefire disbanded what was left, leading her to join up with her chosen family, Chill Warband.

Aspa Spiterune: Aspa is heterosexual, though she’s not really interested in pursuing that. She doesn’t like interacting with anyone that much.

Aspa is a member of the Spite Warband, an Iron ‘band based out of the Iron shipyards in Ashford. She’s primarily a welder, using her elemental powers to fuse metal quickly, cleanly, and with no tools but her own paws, though she’s a sturdy combatant in a pinch. ((I don’t know any other members besides Tea’s Spite-gal who heroically gave her life so that another character could be born, so x3;; ))

As far as enemies go, Aspa’s primary one would be, uh, bad workmanship? Separatists are the most common issue she deals with on a regular basis, though she’s the kind of gal to consider everyone her enemy.

Aspa was born to a yet-undeveloped dam and sire, and her fahrar warband happens to be her chosen family - Spite. Though, if she’d had the choice, she’d have been born Blood, and would be out there kicking human booty.

Bathea Sorrowhaunt: Bathea is bisexual, but is too terrified of Legion charr to ever do anything about it. She’s hoping to find a nice Archborn that knows nothing of Legion life, but work keeps getting in the way.

Bathea was once a member of an (unnamed) ((I’m noticing a trend...)) Blood Warband, before an ‘incident’ led her to leave the Legions and flee to the Arch, where she joined the Lionguard. Now, she’s a medic, though her size, bulk, and Blood training mean that she acts as bruiser when needed (as much as she hates doing so).

Her enemies are basically the everyday issues she deals with - drunkards, troublemakers, and rabblerousers, as well as a variety of injuries from all sorts of sources. As far as outside forces, she probably mostly hates hostile pirate groups or privateers, as well as general bandits and thieves, as they cause her the most trouble. She’s not too fond of those battle-drunk followers of Balthazar, either...

Her birth family would have been the former Warband. While she loved them to bits, she hated Legion life, and so the aforementioned ‘incident’ (in which her unfortunate warband met a cruel fate...) allowed her the opportunity to move on, and find her chosen family in the Lionguard.

Black Spiraldancer: Black is technically heterosexual, but way too distrustful and paranoid to ever engage with anyone on that level. Black (who, for the purposes of telling them apart, will now be referred to as “Blak”) is a lesbian, and although she’s less paranoid, her sister has enough of a stranglehold on her to keep her away from any entanglements.

Black and Blak have never had a warband, only ever each other. Black and Blak are merchants, peddling used/pre-owned goods for discount prices. Black tends to specialize more in acquiring merchandise, while Blak has the better personality for dealing with customers and closing the sale.

Black and Blak’s primary enemies are the Adamant Guard, pesky lot that stick their snouts where they don’t belong. Really, their enemy is “law enforcement” anywhere, or anyone else that might object to their goods being liberated to provide stock for the ‘Black market’.

Black and Blak’s birth and chosen family is simply each other. They’ve only ever had each other, and as far as they’re concerned, they only ever want each other. It’s just the two of them, against the world.

Crusader Sootwalker: Sootwalker is heterosexual, and as much as she’d love to pursue it more, there’s not a lot of potential partners that can keep up with her size.

Sootwalker is currently a member of the Soot Warband of the Vigil. She’s a bruiser, beater, battlemaiden, and all-around behemoth on the battlefield. Other skills include eating, more fighting, more eating, and sleeping. Other members include Sootpaws and Sootcrawler.

Sootwalker’s primary enemies are Kralkatorrik, the Shatterer, and all of the Dragonbrand/Branded.

Sootwalker’s birth family is an (undeveloped) Blood warband, though her chosen family is certainly the Vigil. She’s made many friends and battle-brothers in her time there, especially among her new Vigil Warband.

Domitus Shardspirit: Domitus is pansexual, and is pretty casual about what his partner has or doesn’t have.

Domitus is a member of the Shard Warband, acting in his role as scout, tracker, spiritualist, communer, and general hippy. Other members of the warband include Centurion Traikill Stormshard, Soho Moonshard, Legionnaire Grimm Shardheart, Firiann Fellshard, Karnelion Shardgrin, and too many more to name.

Domitus’ primary enemies would be whoever Shard’s up against at the moment, of course, though as far as personal vendettas, top of the list would likely be Charr industrialists and Asura, as well as Dredge. Dom has a deep dislike of the way these races meddle with nature.

While he was born in the Shiverpeaks and raised in an outpost fahrar as part of Glare Warband ((hah, finally one I have developed)), Dom’s chosen family is partly Shard Warband, and partly something more personal - his loyal fernhound, Foof, and the small commune of nature spirits that call him/his belongings home.

Fyra Shalespine: Fyra is pansexual and is always down to get down, though she much prefers being a guide and mentor rather than a participant.

Fyra is a member of the Shale warband, where she’s the majordomo of meditations, chief of chakras, and master of massagetherapy. She’s also a solid fighter when she puts her mind to it, and an experienced voice of reason. The only other member that I remember is Caligus Torqueshale.

Fyra’s primary enemies are triple: whatever Shale’s dealing with; Mordrem and other desert nonsense; bad vibes. She spends a lot of her non-Warband time working with others and sometimes, it’s a bit too draining.

I talked a bit about her birth family in a previous answer, but her chosen family is simple, yet elaborate: her warband, Shale; the Vigil; and anyone she happens to be sharing her time with, whether for a minute or a lifetime.

Einn Úlfursdottir: Einn’s bisexual, but with a male preference.(That said, she’s taken, so.)

Einn isn’t a charr, silly!

Einn’s enemies on a day-to-day basis tend to be icebrood and Sons of Svanir, which seems to have multiplied lately, though she also faces off against Dredge, Jotun, and just general critters and beasties of the Shiverpeaks.

Einn’s birth family is unknown, as she was found orphaned. However, her chosen family, at least for most of her life, was her adoptive parents, Maja and Úlfur. Now, without them, she’s searching for a new family to take their place as her ‘pack’.

Graf Towercleave: Graf is heterosexual, though at his age he’s kind of given up on that sort of thing.

Graf is a member of the Cleave Warband, where he functions as resident old man and occasional sword-swinger. Sometimes he tries to do magic. It almost always does not go well. Other members are currently Legionnaire Rrul Rivecleave, Dexious Fiercecleave, Lexus Frostcleave, and Fiana Spiritcleave.

Graf’s enemies are naturally the Dominion, though he bears a special hatred for the Sons of Svanir and Icebrood after what they did in Bjora. Ultimately, he hates all dragon minions.

Graf’s been through several families in his lifetime - from his fahrar warband Field, to his Vigil warband Thunder, to his current warband Cleave. He’s no stranger to battle-brotherhood, and takes his family bonds where he can. That said, he still maintains a lot of contacts within the Vigil, and thinks of many of them as family still.

Ink Voidbreath: Ink is asexual and doesn’t really have any interest in that sort of thing.

Ink is currently gladium, with no warband to speak of. Prior to that, they were ((Spoilers for Lunar story)) a member of Breath Warband, acting as assassin, general-purpose caster, voice of reason, scout, and occasional medic.

Ink’s enemies tend to be conflict in general - positioning themselves as the enemy of strife, they find that they have enemies in both sides of the Charr-Human conflict, in both sides of the Charr civil war, and now they’re not really sure where their allegiances lie.

Ink’s birth family was an (undeveloped) Ash warband, though after their grisly demise, Ink grew disillusioned. Even in their time with Breath, they never felt part of a “family”, so it’s hard to say that they’ve had a “chosen family” since their first warband.

Keele Rustsocket: Keele is bisexual with a strong female preference.

Keele is currently part of the Socket warband, a Pact mechanic warband where she serves as an airship mechanic and engineer. I’ve not created any other members for it.

Keele’s enemies are any sort of Dragon or Dragon Minion, though she admittedly has a personal hatred for any remaining Mordrem, after the events of the Pact Fleet in the Maguuma Expedition...

Although Keele left behind her “birth family” to join the Pact, she maintains regular contact with them and they all get together for drinks whenever possible. That said, she gets along quite well with her new family, Socket, as well as her many friends and “coworkers” amongst the Pact. She’s even made quite a few friends in the BLTC, during her time in the Aerodrome!

Kreyn Fluxlift: Kreyn is a lesbian, though she is absolutely too dense to know when anyone’s hitting on her.

Kreyn is currently part of the Flux warband, where she serves as an engineer and designer, specializing in lifting bodies and aerodynamics. Other members include Legionnaire Grarr Fluxforge and a few others whose names I don’t remember.

Kreyn’s enemies include long sentences and complicated words, as well as other unscrupulous inventors who might be trying to steal her ideas. Other than that, aside from a general dislike of ghosts and humans, she’s relatively insulated from any real enemies.

Originally part of Bolt Warband, many of Kreyn’s initial ‘bandmates were killed or injured in a horrific accident. Following that, she moved into Flux Warband, where she is now. She’s quite happy with her new family, and although she checks on her former ‘bandmates occasionally, she has trouble remembering to on a regular basis.

Kurra Fogshroud: Kurra is absolutely a lesbian.

Kurra is part of Fog Warband, stationed in eastern Ashford, where she serves primarily as a sniper, though she occasionally doubles as a master of disguise.

Kurra’s enemies are primarily ogres, with whom she’s engaged in a daily battle. She also has to contend with ghosts, devourers, bats, gargoyles, and all sorts of other annoying beasties, but absolutely her biggest beef is with the ogres.

Kurra’s lucky in that her birth and chosen families are one and the same: Fog Warband! So far, aside from one or two unfortunate deaths, Fog’s been the same from fahrar to present day.

Kyrdra Sparkdawn: Kyrdra is polysexual, mostly preferring anyone that she can top.

Kyrdra is currently a part of Spark Warband, of Iron Legion, a bottom-of-the-barrel scrapper Warband that’s effectively a punishment assignment. She’s a scrapper in name and trade, using her brute strength to bust apart even the most resilient of wreckage. Other members include Legionnaire Sparkspring, and the now-deceased Sparkjaw and Sparkwire.

Kyrdra’s enemy is basically the whole world - it certainly seems like it’s out to get her! That said, her biggest beef is with Flame - partly because they’re what ruined her life in the first place, and partly because they keep making trouble while she’s just trying to scrap wreckage. She’s also not very fond of Forged (and those damn Choya....)

Although Spark isn’t her first warband, she hates her original ‘bandmates and would hunt them down if afforded the time. Even so, she doesn’t get on well with Spark, and often clashes with the Legionnaire, Sparkspring. She’d never let herself admit to liking any of them, though she does (in private!) mourn the loss of some, such as Sparkwire or Sparkjaw.

Lad Duskpillager: Lad is very gay and prefers fellow nasty bois.

Lad is part of the rough-and-tumble Pillager Warband, where he fills in as part-time bruiser, part-time mad scientist, part-time experimenter, and full-time horrible creature. Other members include Cur Blitzpillager, and their Legionnaire.

Lad’s enemies are far too many to count, including the Adamant Guard, his fellow ‘bandmates, capitalism, and just about everything. His biggest struggles are mostly with the law (especially the Adamant Guard and the Peacekeepers) and with his fellow ‘bandmates (who, strangely enough, don’t enjoy being experimented upon!)

Lad doesn’t really have a chosen family - his initial Warband was devastated, and since then he’s simply been looking for a way to continue his work. That said, Pillager is currently home, so they count! He doesn’t hate them, at least, and sometimes they get up to some really fun mischief.

Morak Stillwater: Morak is heterosexual, though he’s mostly a hormone-crazed youngster and would probably bone just about anything.

Morak doesn’t have a warband, instead being part of a pirate crew. He serves as navigator, first mate, occasional fisher-charr, and by virtue of being the only one with a beast, the beastmaster.

Morak has a few enemies, though his biggest is probably the man, man. He’s a rebellious youth who resents Lion’s Arch and its leadership for what it did to his family, and although he’s mostly struggling to get by, all his spare energy is definitely put towards sticking it to the power.

An Arch charr by birth, Morak’s family was taken from him by Scarlet’s invasion. Although they’re less a family and more just a bunch of unfortunates thrown together by circumstance, his current “chosen” family is his crew, under the leadership of Captain Yeens.

Naphtha Seizetar: Naphtha is what I’d call demisexual, though she tends to have more of a female preference.

Naphtha is currently a member of Seize Warband, working as a researcher, where she’s developing ways to convert organic biomass into post-processed hydrocarbons (AKA turning corpses into fuel). Other members include her Legionnaire, Kharra Seizespark, and Nenqe Seizebabe Seizeshield.

Naphtha, as an Iron researched, fortunately doesn’t have many enemies, though already in her time with Seize she’s developed a dislike for rock elementals, separatists, spiders, grawl, dredge, and Inquest. Her biggest challenge is probably Clonky... that bastard.

Originally Naphtha Rotplate of Plate Warband, after an industrial accident, she’s eagerly signed on to Seize Warband (though a little less eager after meeting the Legionnaire), making the trio her chosen family, although she shows a disturbing level of anthropomorphism towards her “rot vats”....

Olmakhan Firedancer: The unnamed Firedancer is bisexual, and although he has a female preference as far as romance/company goes, his sexual attraction is stronger for other men.

He’s not currently a member of any warband, instead being part of the Olmakhan, a tribal society of Charr living in a small cluster of islands off the coast of Elona.

The Olmakhan unfortunately have more than their fair share of enemies, between Awakened/Palawan loyalists, the Inquest, dangerous beasties, Djinn... any one of these is a weight upon his conscience, though all of them together pushes the Olmakhan to the fringes of survival.

Living his relatively sheltered island life, the boy’s birth family happens to be his chosen family, his Olmakhan friends and fellow villagers. Recently, however, he’s taken to traveling the newly rediscovered world, and is starting to pick up new friends along the way, though the amount of letters he’s sending home would make a Sylvari blush.

Rakk Smokewraith: Nasty bastard boy. Rakk is pansexual and will bone down on anything that moves. Evil wicked man.

Rakk is a member of the Smoke Warband in truth, where he acts as a spy and infiltrator, searching for Renegades, Flame, Dominion, and anyone else that Ash Legion has determined to be a Charr of interest. However, part of that is his cover identity as Rakk Blackpowder, of Powder Warband, where he’s an Iron engineer, using his small size to squeeze into narrow tank compartments.

Rakk’s enemies are the Legion’s enemies: Old Flame, Dominion, Frost Legion, Renegades, and just general traitors and criminals. Any Charr that goes against the Legions becomes part of his growing list of enemies.

Despite still being a part of his fahrar Warband, their assignment(s) means that they don’t interact much, if at all, now that they’ve graduated. So while he’s still a part of his birth family, so to speak, Rakk’s chosen family is certainly much more important to him. Unfortunately, that’s still not much, because it’s composed primarily of barkeeps, informants, and various Charr offering questionable services.

Ruya Starchaser: Ruya has no idea what she likes, and certainly not much interest (or time!) to pursue anything, though inside, she’d find that she’s pretty evenly bisexual.

Ruya's abandoned any sort of Warband life, and now is part of the Priory instead, as described in a previous post.

Despite being a huge nerd who just wants to look at the stars, Ruya has to deal with a number of desert annoyances - Palawan loyalists and leftover Awakened are the biggest threats, though the occasional Iboga or remnant Branded continue to be issues as well.

Ruya has no regrets about leaving her ‘birth family’ behind, quite content among her ‘chosen family’ in the Priory. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for her), that chosen family tends to be about 70% books, 28% telescopes, and only 2% or so other people, usually when she’s giving a lecture...

Rylka Miststone: Rylka is pretty solidly heterosexual.

Rylka’s a member of Mist Warband, a relatively new warband composed of revenants, intended to be the Legions’ test-group for these new abilities, given how un-cooperative Tribune Brimstone has been in sharing details.

Rylka’s got plenty of enemies on her plate. Separatists, Old Flame, Dominion, Frost Legion, leftover Branded, Ghosts... anything that threatens the Charr is a threat to her, almost on the level of personal affront.

Rylka’s life goal is to get close to (and emulate) Rytlock Brimstone, and so her ideal chosen family would of course be Rytlock himself. Failing that, she’s at least surrounded herself with fellow loyal-minded Charr, though she isn’t particularly close to any of them.

Sela Lunarstep: Sela’s somewhat bisexual, though she’s almost exclusively male-preferring.

Sela’s the Legionnaire of Lunar Warband, where her skills include espionage, sabotage, assassination, direct combat... anything that Ash needs doing. Her loyal soldiers include Grus Lunarspark, Malin Lunarstone, Xyx Blacklunar/Corax Lunarcaller, and many others.

Sela’s enemies are plenty, as well as her personal grudges. Ultimately, her enemies are whoever the Legion pits her against. That said, she has a particular hatred for traitors, especially Renegades, and a bit of personal beef against ghosts.

Although Lunar Warband is technically Sela’s birth family, almost their entire number has been whittled down over the years, leaving only Sela and Grus as the two remaining original members. The rest of Lunar, despite coming later, is absolutely Sela’s chosen family - they’re hers, her soldiers, and she’s happy and proud to be her Legionnaire; she’d do anything for them!

Sentinel Glassblade: Sentinel Glassblade is absolutely not bone-able. Very forbidden. Do not. (Strictly speaking, her mind is too twisted and warped to really think in that sort of vein anymore, and her body doesn’t respond much either. Once upon a time, she was quite heterosexual.)

Once a feared Ash Legion Centurion, now she’s little more than an outcast Sentinel, though she’s found a place in the Glass Warband, among other members like Glasscutter and Glassedge. Despite the deterioration of her mind, she retains a bevy of skills including tracking, combat, and interrogation (although the latter isn’t very useful against Branded...)

Glassblade’s enemies are, primarily, what remains of the Brand, and the Branded that inhabit it. As a Sentinel, she’s doomed to wander the Brand and work to contain its horrors for the rest of her life. Though somewhere inside, she definitely harbors a grudge against the treacherous soldier that landed her in this position...

Born to a rather well-known dam, Glassblade quickly rose through the ranks of her “birth family”, becoming a Centurion at a young age, though that’s all behind her now. She certainly didn’t choose the Sentinel life, and even among her new warband, she keeps herself distant and elusive. The closest she has to a chosen family is her devourer, Grendel, which has (for some reason) stayed by her side for years now.

Skara Weldblast: Skara is polysexual with a mild preference for the ladies (and a strong exhibitionist streak).

Skara’s a member of the Weld Warband, where she works as an engineer. She’s currently researching metallurgy and explosion-based welding techniques, looking to reuse old munitions and materiel to create new alloys. She works under Legionnaire Rallus Weldcog.

Skara doesn’t have much in the way of enemies, besides empty kegs and boredom. Still, she’s not immune to the troubles of the Charr as a whole, and definitely bears hatred for ghosts, separatists, and all the other troubles plaguing Charrkind, especially the Dominion of late.

Skara can find a “family” just about anywhere - after a long night of drinking and partying, just about anyone nearby is a member of the family! She’s certainly not picky, and although she loves her warband to bits, she’s pretty generous with her caring nature.

Wassail Ciderpride: The boy is pretty evenly bisexual!

Not technically a Warband, though the Cider brothers do call themselves “Cider Warband” from time to time! It’s Wassail and his brother Wurzel Cidersnout, with Wassail in charge of water supply and some of the more inventive drinks, such as Zapple.

As every brewer knows, Wassail’s biggest enemies are poor sanitation, bad water quality, and mold. Aside from those, the worst that the Brothers have to deal with is the occasional issue on their way to a market - bandits, at worst, which isn’t so bad. The Boys have it easy.

Wassail’s pretty happy with his family as they are - he’s got a successful and fun business/career with his brother and father and they have lots of great times and fun memories.

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[beyond-the-divine-tomb-lore]

Legends of Old (FIRST EDITION)

[One snippet of a collection of stories and myths by an orc scribe named Bajokk Olen, with many literary awards and credentials. Published in 867 AW.

While this information is available in PreTDT to more studious individuals, the book itself is only available in BTDT.]

Before being, there was consciousness, a creation of nothing born out of the space of the outer world. From this came Apitus, the goddess of the sky and earth. Soon after, the realm came to be, blossoming with life and teetering in the balance of crashing waves,

In the forests of the old realm, civilization was born out of a breath, a wish by the god Pon. They chose to create humanity so that more lifeforms could enjoy the gift that was living, breathing, eating, and loving. Pon chose to make the world a place of joy and happiness, so that all beings could come together and bask in survival. Each of the major gods gave these people a gift, Pon blessed them with the ability to bond, Jagod blessed them with the ability to love, and Zaros blessed them with the ability to fight. He chose to give the people of the world a chance to make the story their own, and not be sinned against without the chance to fight back. 

In this world there existed no divisions between places, all was forest, all was clearings of trees and moss and sometimes snow.

However, in due time there rose certain individuals, who had divided themselves from the rest. Jagod recruited many of these individuals to lay claim to godly powers, which in turn became magic and spells, teachings passed through generations from word of mouth to quill and parchment. Many of these who were taught by Jagod became deities as well, such as the famed Ivemus, who became the god of Invention and Creation, as well as Thudione, who had become the deity presiding over the matter of marriage and weddings. 

Soon, other gods also began training lifeforms who they had taken an interest in. Zaros found two small giant children on the peak of a mountain one day, stranded by their mother. It was said that she was so scared of the children’s strength that she stranded them for the birds anf monsters of the sky to tear them apart.

Zaros took the two as his own children and named them in old celestial, Sedite, which meant conquest in the language of the old realm, and Nazdis, which meant envy in the language of the old realm. Zaros named them for sins of the people, and showed them how to transfer their immense strength into godly power. These two giants soon became the brothers Sedite and Nazdis, the gods of triumph and jealousy respectively. 

Pon similarly found an acolyte woman, an elf who had never once feared the gods, even with the displays of power that they had showcased to the people of the realm. Pon appointed this elf– Gretia– to be their own subordinate, and Gretia soon became the goddess of hope. 

Zelra also ascended around this time, being blinded beforehand by Jagod, who condemned her to a fate of seeing the destiny of humanity and warning them before something that could possibly end the world would happen.

[Author’s Personal Note:

It is in my belief that Jagod cursed Zaros at some point in his time before death, as it is likely that is why he was so staunch in his defense of the god Pon.]

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bonus height chart.

Not before today did I realize that Azariel was so tall, Oreads were on average shorter than humans, and Lovinia looks absolutely shrimpy next to both her best friend and her husband/wife.

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The third in my Ravenloft Tarot deck, as promised. This time, it's Zelrae as 2 - The High Priestess.

More to follow. Once I can figure out how to draw Azariel's super complicated anatomy, that is -_-.

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Updated character concepts for Curse of Strahd! Figured I'd post them as a group, now that they're all done. Of note as far as changes this time around: Lovinia is a bit more pallid, owing to the taint of vampirism still staining her blood (we re-rolled her as as a damphir) and can't decide whether or not she likes dresses (Strahd made her wear them); Zelrae is a priestess of Pharasma now, having lost most of her good nature and faith in humanity, and bears a peculiar scar on her chest (from how she died: Strahd stabbed her, not that she's aware of that); And the druid is an Oread now (no idea).

Out of the four, Azariel hasn't changed almost at all: his major differences are going to be in the way he treats the other party members: having a tenuous connection to it's past attempt (and been a major source of the strife within the party), we've decided that this time, it's a good deal nicer: It's going to be hyper-focused on Lovinia's protection, and willing to repair it's relationship with Zelrae (though,she might not be).

I realize I haven't really discussed at all what our plan is for CoS, and I probably should, given how unorthodox it is. For our first run, we're reducing our failed attempt at Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: After losing her mind, her friends, and most of her autonomy, and having married Strahd, Lovinia spends a great deal of her time researching the land around her and her husband's connection to it. It's through this study of his power, that she comes to face the Dark Powers herself (our plan is to roleplay all of this before we start). She strikes a deal with them in order to bring her friends back, and they respond in-kind by completely resetting Barovia, removing all but the barest scraps of memory from everyone, altering the landscape in small ways to make those memories even more confusing, shoving the party's souls into newly-created bodies that are similar to their own, and proving to Strahd that even his victories are hollow results of chance, that if everything was done again, he would die.

Also, they made Strahd a woman. Because women hot.

Anyway, we're doing this again. And this time, we aren't going to be beaten.

I drew Lady Strahd too, but I wanted to post her on her own, to make it special. I'll be doing that a bit later ^•^.

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Day 24 - Corruption

Ever since being taken from her home land on a distant planet & brought to the outer planes, Zelrae has felt a growing darkness in her soul, as if some kind of ancient looming evil was beginning to take control of her and threatening her mind.

Feat. one of my characters for mine & @dr-darkwood's Ravenloft campaign.

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20 - Judgement

This is actually the first time I've drawn Azariel. Don't know if I've talked about it at all, either. It's one of @dr-darkwood s characters; an Android taught by the archons how to fight undead after being taken in (to it's total dismay) by the same angel that adopted my character, Zelrae (and also low-key being kind of abusive to her in their collective childhoods. It has a lot of feelings). I was told it's supposed to look similar to a porcelain doll with steampunky mechanical bits. I did the majority of the detail on the chainmail by hand, then went over the entire thing in grey, which took literally forever.

Anyway, guns are hard.

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Heya.

So, I didn't do yesterday's prompt. Or the day before that's. I dunno. Been kinda busy. I did have time to do these though!

I've been seeing a lot of stuff about the interwebs (mostly on Twitter) about curse of Strahd, and really wanted to play it due to a kinda inexplicable hunger for vampire content lately. Anyway, Cos is a 5e D&D supplement, but @dr-darkwood was able to find an older 3.5e version of Ravenloft (what CoS is based on) & promised me he'd convert it to Pathfinder so we could play it by Holloween! I've been so excited that I did a couple of designs for characters for it! On the top, we have Zelrae, a Drow Oracle of Sarenrae from a planet distant from Golarion where Drow are goodly who was adopted by an angel and taken to Nirvana (long story) & Lovinia Castillo, a Szarni Varisian Swashbuckler who bears a striking resemblance to a certain old vampire's dead wife, causing him to harass & eventually trick her into making her way to the Demiplane of Dread. The left is her in a night gown, since she's kinda-sorta coming to Barovia after wandering into mists in the dead of night to find the bastard that's been stalking her.

It's gonna be real. I'm so excited.

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As promised!

So story time. Tl;dr, after an hour long ritual, Zelrae is a Skinwalker now, though she doesn't know it yet. I just had to draw her with her ears and bonus new outfit :3. I'm not sure if every version of Ravenloft is the same or not, so I'll put the spoilers below the break ^•^

So, long story super short, Zelrae died. It was really either her or anyone else. We had decided more-or-less as a party after being turned away at the Burgomaster's manor by his son---

Doktor's note: As Lovinia (Cypress's other character) is taking the place of Ireena, Ismark serves the purpose of both himself and his sister, informing the party of the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind & the fate of the Burgomaster only after allowing them entry to the manor.

--That the only way to really progress forward was to take care of the zombies in town. We also decided that, despite Azariel being wounded and running low on resources, that there was no time like the present to do so. As we knew from Madam Eva's reading (and an earlier poorly-thought out journey by Azariel and Ashlyn the Lightbringer--

Doktor's note: sorry.

--) that what caused it came from the church, we set off immediately.

We weren't ready.

Everyone fell down to less than 10% HP. I made a desperate play as Zelrae to cast Cure Serious Wounds on the thing, and she... paid for it with her life.

I was really sad for a while. Didn't help that @dr-darkwood ended the session right after the fight was over.

It's okay though, because he also let all our characters take the level the fight had earned them, witch granted our druid the spell Reincarnate. He put the work in to make his own table specifically for reincarnation on the Demiplane of Dread, and let me roll on it.

The first time, I rolled Drow.

He made me reroll it.